Matt Lauer will be hosting NBC’s “Today” show live from Cuba today to report on the political and economic climate there. My curiosity as to how accurately depicted things will be. Given Castro’s current health situation, government restriction on access are high and should pose an interesting backdrop. I am sure they will not be interviewing any official heads of state. However, although the Today Show is my daily morning ritual…I don’t see it as the forum for real hard lining news.

Although Lauer is a world traveler for “Today,” it took them over 18 months to negotiate the visit to a country only 90 miles from the United States, said Jim Bell, the show’s executive producer. Bell used his ability to speak Spanish in the negotiations.

“It’s always timely to go to Cuba,” Bell said. “There’s always news there. Being there is news in itself.”

We’ll be watching and will have more to offer later in the week. So far on yesterday’s preview, they have done a very good job incorporating the Cuban-American perspective. They took video of real people reading their letters to the show in reaction to the live broadcast that is to take place today. Many are eager to hear a truthful and objective perspective that accurately portrays the complicated life of people there. The preview was tear jerking and showed how emotionally charged the topic is. You can even submit questions to Matt via their website. Wow.

On youtube, there are already requests from Miami on what Matt should do. How rare for us Cubans. LOL.

- Written by Miamiadguy